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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The cure for diabetes could come from cells from pigs being raised in germ-free pens in western Wisconsin or from human skin cells in a lab on the University of Minnesota campus.
Those two experiments are part of a joint project launched one year ago by the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic to defeat diabetes within the next 10 years. The effort is called the Decade of Discovery, according to a report by Minnesota Public Radio.
It's high-stakes research. Diabetes is a worldwide epidemic that is taking a huge toll in Minnesota. Health officials say one-third of all adults in Minnesota either have diabetes or are pre-diabetic, with blood glucose levels that are higher than normal.
http://nationalhogfarmer.com/resour...ta-researchers-study-cure-diabetes-using-pigs
Those two experiments are part of a joint project launched one year ago by the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic to defeat diabetes within the next 10 years. The effort is called the Decade of Discovery, according to a report by Minnesota Public Radio.
It's high-stakes research. Diabetes is a worldwide epidemic that is taking a huge toll in Minnesota. Health officials say one-third of all adults in Minnesota either have diabetes or are pre-diabetic, with blood glucose levels that are higher than normal.
http://nationalhogfarmer.com/resour...ta-researchers-study-cure-diabetes-using-pigs